Common Property Blight Violations

Common Property Blight Violations

State Construction Code

Property Maintenance Code

Zoning Violations

No Certificate of Compliance

Dangerous Buildings

Property Maintenance Nuisance

State Construction Code
The
city assumes responsibility for the administration and enforcement of
the state building code, the state plumbing code, and the state
mechanical code throughout its corporate limits. A person who violates
any provision of these codes is responsible for a municipal civil
infraction, subject to payment of a civil fine as set forth in section
71-73.Property Maintenance CodeThe "International
Property Maintenance Code, 2012 edition," as published by the
International Code Council, has been adopted as the Property Maintenance
Code of the City of Ypsilanti, Michigan. Its purpose is to regulate and
govern the conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings, and
structures by providing the standards for supplied utilities,
facilities, and other physical things and conditions which are essential
to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary, and fit for occupation
and use. It also provides standards for the condemnation of buildings
and structures unfit for human occupancy and use, the demolition of such
existing structures, and the issuance of permits and collection of
fees.Certificate of ComplianceCertificate of
compliance means an official document, titled "certificate of
compliance," issued by the city building inspection department for a
multiple dwelling or one-or two-unit rental dwelling. It indicates that
the covered units identified thereon are in compliance with all
applicable provisions of this Code, particularly the property
maintenance code and the fire prevention code. Dangerous BuildingsDangerous buildings means a building or structure that has the defects listed in section 18-111 of the City’s Code of Ordinances.Public Nuisances
Nuisance
refers to whatever annoys, injures, or endangers the safety, health,
comfort or repose of the public; offends public decency; interferes
with, obstructs, or renders dangerous any street, highway, navigable
lake, or stream; or in any way renders the public insecure in life or
property.